Prosecutors in Ivory Coast asked judges Tuesday to sentence former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a ten-year prison term on charges of `undermining state security` during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead. The wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo is also accused of `disturbing public order` and `organising armed gangs` after her husband and his supporters rejected results of December 2010 presidential elections showing rival Alassane Ouattara had won the contest. Once referred to by admirers and opponents alike as Ivory Coast`s `Iron Lady,` Simone Gbagbo has been on trial since January with 82 co-defendants accused of varying degrees of involvement in the deadly unrest.

Tuesday, March 03, 2015 23:52

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was a long road to a shortened National Football League career for Sidney Rice, an All-Pro receiver who retired last July at age 27 due to fears about his long-term health after numerous concussions. `The first time I actually experienced a head trauma was when I was eight years old,` Rice told Reuters after announcing on Tuesday he was donating his brain to medical research after his death.

These new TVs are more colorful than conventional TVs, and less expensive than OLED.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 16:34

Four years before North Korea hacked into Sony Pictures Entertainment`s servers and published private information, the United States began cracking into North Korean computer networks and tracking the movements of its government hackers, the New York Times reported Monday.

Monday, January 19, 2015 20:15

By Ritsuko Ando TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp aims to boost operating profit 25-fold within three years by growing its camera sensors and PlayStation units, its chief executive said, outlining a strategy that could see the company exit the cut-throat TV and smartphone sectors. CEO Kazuo Hirai said on Wednesday the Japanese consumer electronics firm would no longer pursue sales growth in areas such as smartphones where its has suffered competition from cheaper Asian rivals as well as industry leaders like Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics . Sony would instead focus its spending on more profitable businesses such as camera sensors, videogames and entertainment as it seeks to return to growth after forecasting for this financial year its sixth net loss in seven years. `The strategy starting from the next business year will be about generating profit and investing for growth,` Hirai told a briefing, adding that Sony`s units would be given greater autonomy to make their own business decisions.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:50

By Ritsuko Ando TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp aims to boost its operating profit 25-fold within three years by focusing on its more profitable image sensors, videogame and entertainment businesses, its chief executive said on Wednesday. Outlining his strategy for the loss-making Japanese consumer electronics icon to 2018, CEO Kazuo Hirai said Sony wanted to give its subsidiaries more autonomy in decision making to help drive growth. He also did not rule out an exit from smartphones and TVs, sectors in which Sony has been battered by cut-throat competition from cheaper Asian rivals and industry leaders like Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics. Sony would use return on equity (ROE) as its main yardstick for performance, setting a target of more than 10 percent by the end of the business plan to March 2018, Hirai added.